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ADDRESS  OF  A  CO^IMITTEE 

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AT  a  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Educatiok,  under  the  care  of  the 
General  Assembly,  on  the  2d  of  July,  1824,  the  subscribers  were 
appointed  a  Conuuittee  to  make  such  a  publication  on  the  present 
state  and  objects  of  this  Board,  as  they  may  deem  advisable. 

In  discharge  of  their  duty,  they  would  first  present-^ 

The  constitution  of  the  BOARD, 

AS  ENACTED  BY  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY,  A.  D.   1819, 

A^D  SUBSEqfEXTLY  AMENDED. 

ARTICLE  tl. 
TiiEUE  shall  be  a  General  Board  of  Education,  known  by  the  name 
-of  "  The  Board  of  Education,  tinder  the  care  of  the  General  As&sm- 
hly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  ^States  of  Mmerica.^^ 

ART.  II. 

The  Board  sliall  consist  of  thirty-six  members,  of  whom  there  shall 
be  twenty  Ministers  and  sixteen  fcildersj  one  Minister  and  one  Elder 
to  be  chosen  from  each  Synod,  and  the  remainder  from  Philadelphia* 
and  trom  a  distance  convenient  to  it. — Seven  members,  including  the 
President  or  a  Vice  President,  shall  be  a  quorum  to  transact  business. 

ART.  ill. 

The  whole  number  of  members  shall  be  divided  into  four  classes, 
.one  fourth  to  be  annually  elected. 

ART.  ZV. 

The  election  of  the  members  of  tlie  Board  shall  t>e  made  by  nomi- 
nation and  ballot,  by  tlie  General  Assembly. 

ART-  V. 

The  officers  shall  bo^  a  President,  three  Vice  Presidents,  a  Re- 
cording and  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer,  to  be  an- 
nually elected  by  the  Board. 

ART.  yi. 

The  objects  of  the  Board  shall  be  — 

•1.  'JTo  recognize  suchP  resbyteries  and  other  Associations,  as  may 
form  themselves  into  Education  Socities.  as  auxiliary  to  tKe 
General  Board. 


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2.  To  assist  such  Presbyteries  and  Associations  in  educating 
pious  youtli  for  tlie  Gospel  Ministry,  both  in  their  academical 
and  theological  course. 
Q.  To  assign,  according  to  their  best  discretion,  to  the  several 
Auxiliary  Societies,  a  just  portion  of  the  whole  disposable 
funds  under  their  controul. 
4.  To  concert  and  execute  such  measures  as  they  shall  judge  t« 
be  proper,  for  increasing  their  funds,  and  promoting  the  gen- 
,eral  object. 

ART    VII. 
No  young  man  shall  be  patronized  or  assisted  by  any  Auxiliary 
Society,  unless  he  shall  produce  a  testimonial  of  his  hopeful  piety 
and  talents  from  some  Presbytery,  under  whose  care  he  shall  be  taken, 

ART.  VIII. 
Auxiliary  Societies  may  make  such  arrangements,  and  selection  of 
a  Seminarj  for  the  young  men  under  their  patronage,  as  in  their  opi- 
nion  shall  be  most  eligible  for  the  prosecuting  of  their  education, 
whether  classical  or  theological. 

ART.  IX 
The   Auxiliary  Societies  shall  send  to  the  Board,   all  the  surplus 
funds  in  their  hands,  which  shall  not  be  necessary  for  the  accommo- 
.datiou  of  those  immediately  depending  on  them  for  support. 

ART.  X 
Every  Auxiliary  Society  shall  forward,  annually,  a  report  of  their 
proceedings  to  the  Board,   sufficiently  early  to  enable  the  Board 
(whose  duty  it  shall  be)  to  report  to  the  General  Assembly. 

ART.  XJ. 

The  Board  shall  have  power  to  make  such  bye-laws,  to  regulate 
their  own  proceedings,  and  eifectually  to  accomplish  the  great  ob- 
jects of  their  appointment,  as  shall  not  be  inconsistent  with  this  Coii- 
stitution. 

ART    XII. 

The  Board  may  propose  to  the  General  Assembly,  from  time  to 
time,  such  plans  as  they  may  consider  useful  and  necessary  for  the 
success  of  the  Institution,  to  be  recommended  to  the  several  Soci- 
eties or  Churches^  as  the  Assembly  may  think  proper. 

ART.    XIII. 

No  addition  or  amendment  to  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution 
shall  be  made,  unless  by  tlie  consent  of  two  thirds  of  the  members  of 
the  General  Assf^mbly,  present  at  any  of  their  sessions,  of  Avhich  notice 
shall  be  given  at  least  one  day  previous. 

ART.  xiy. 
By  the  General  Assembly  for  1 823.-r— 
♦'  jRcsolved^  That  all  the  Presbyteries  under  the  care  of  this  As- 
sembly, be.  and  they  hereby  are  required,  as  soon  as  possible,  alter 
their  seve.ral  sessions  immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  G^n- 


eral  Assembly,  to  semi  up  to  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
Uoard  of  Education,  under  the  care  of  the  General  Assembly,  a  re- 
port stating  what  monies  they  have  collected  for  tlie  education  of  poor 
and  pious  youth  in  their  bounds  j  and  what  condidates  or  students 
tliey  have  ou  their  charitable  funds. 

AKT.  XV. 
^'-Resolved,  That  when  any  Presbytery  has  no  beneficiary  on  their 
funds,  they  be,  and  they  hereby  are  required  to  remit  their  funds  to 
the  Treasurer  cf  said  Board  of  Education,  that  the  same  may  be  ap- 
propriated according  to  the  constitution  of  the  Board. 

ART    XVI. 
t 

'■'•  Resolved^  That  the  Board  of  Education  be,  and  they  hereby  are 
icquired  to  report  annually  a  summary  of  what  has  been  done  m  the 
business  of  Education  by  the  Presbyteries,  as  well  as  the  Auxiliary 
Societies ;  and  that  hereafter,  the  Assembly  will  act  on  the  lleport 
of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  not  require  the  Presbyteries  to  re- 
port immediately  to  the  Assembly. 

ART.  XVII. 

By  the  General  Assembly  for  1 824 — 
i<-  Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Education  be,  and  hereby  are,  au- 
thorised to  select  and  educate  such  young  men  as  are  contemplated 
by  the  Constitution  of  that  Board." 

The  povvcrs  of  the  Board  arc  all  developed  in  the  preceding  arti- 
cles. 


It  may  be  proper  next  to  state,  some  of  the  regulations  adopted 
by  the  Board  for  their  own  government ;  and  in  wliich  applicants 
"for  assistance,  and  Auxiliary  Societies,  may  have  some  special  in- 
terest.— 

1.  It  has  been  ^<- Resolved,  that  this  Board  will  hold  stated  meet- 
ings on  the  fourth  Mondays  of  April,  June,  August,  October,  De- 
cember, and  February,  at  such  hour  and  place  as  may  from  time  to 
time  be  agreed  on  by  the  Board." — At  other  times,  when  occasion 
requires,  the  Board  meet  at  the  call  of  the  President. 

2.  ^'•Resolved,  That  no  beneficiarv,  hereafter  to  betaken  under 
the  care  of  this  Board,  shall  be  allowed  more  than  One  Hundred 
Dollars  annually  from  oui-  funds." 

3.  The  Board  has  ap])ointed  a  Committee  of  Examinaihn,  to  con- 
tinue during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board,  consisting  of  thiet  persons, 
(Dr.  Janeway,  Dr  Neill,  and  Mr.  James  Stewart — fi>r  tiie  presrut,) 
whose  duty  it  is,  to  examine  all  applicants  for  aid  ftom  ilii;.  Board  ; 
or  in  case  of  their  absence  from  the  city,  the  recomMieridatious  of 
such  applicants  J— to  recommend  places  for  their  lorrUioti,  and  the 
time  of  removing  them  to  Colleges; — and  to  superintc^nd  their  edu- 
cation.    This  committee  is  required  always  to  report  in  \Vriting. 

4.  The  Board  has  appointed  a  Committee  rf  (Ecowjmy\,  consi.-iting 
t)f  two  persons,  (Alexander  Uenry,  Esq.  &Mr.  Jolin  M*Muilin,  for  the 


present,)  who  have  charge  of  all  the  expences  of  the  young  men  un- 
der the  care  of  the  Board  j — who  contract  for  their  tuition,  boarding, 
fuel,  and  other  necessaries,  at  the  places  of  their  location ; — who 
provide  clothing  at  the  cheapest  rate ;  and  dischai-ge  all  bills  for  the 
same,  by  their  order  on  the  Treasurer — provided  tlie  amount  for 
each  student  shall  not  exceed  the  annual  allowance  made  by  the 
Board.  They  keep  a  separate  account  of  the  expenditures  of  each 
student  under  our  care,  iu  a  book,  to  be  eubiuitted  for  inspection  at 
each  stated  meeting  of  the  Board. 

5.  A  Committee  for  procuring  Books  and  Stationary^  of  one  per- 
son, has  also  been  appointed  (at  present  Dr.  Ely,)  wlio  executes  all 
orders  of  the  Board  in  relation  to  those  articles  ; — supplies  the  Com- 
mittee of  (Economy  with  books  required  by  tlicm ; — keeps  a  list  of 
the  books  purchased  by  him,  and  of  the  names  of  the  beneficiaries 
to  whom  they  have  been  loaned  j — and  presents  his  bills  for  liquida- 
tion to  the  Committee  of  CEconomy. 

6.  The  Board  has  also  a  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  consist- 
ing at  present  ofDr.  Green  and  Robert  Ralston,  Esq.  whose  business 
it  is  to  devise  means  for  increasing  the  funds  of  the  Board. 

7.  The  Treasurer,  chosen  by  the  Board,  to  continue  during  tlieir 
pleasure,  is  John  Stille,  Ksq,  who  is  invited,  though  not  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board,  to  attend  all  its  meetings,  and  consult  with  the 
Board. 

The  Board  were  without  any  considerable  funds  until  on  the  28th 
of  June  1824,  the  Education  Society  of  Philadelphia  resolved  to  trans- 
fer to  this  Board,  all  their  beneficiaries,  books,  papers  and  funds,  sub- 
ject to  the  payment  of  their  debts,  and  to  become  themselves  extinct 
as  a  Society:  whereupon  the  Boai-d  of  Education  agreed  to  accept  the 
transfer  on  the  condition  specified. 

Before  the  dissolution  of  the  Society,  it  had  collected  -  g  8072  13 
And  expended r 7494  27 

Leaving  a  balance  of----- S  577  86 

"Which  together  with  g  1050  in  six  per  cent  stock,  has  now  become 
the  property  of  the  Board.  The  Society  was  induced  to  this  measure 
by  the  circumstance  that  its  Managers  were  most  of  them  members  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  and  could  transact  the  business  of  the  two  ^vhen 
consolidated,  as  easily  as  of  either  while  separate,  and  thus  save  time 
and  labour.  Besides,  we  were  desirous  that  the  Board,  as  a  grand 
oi'gan  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  calculated  for  extensive  useful- 
ness to  the  Church,  should  be  enabled  to  do  something  worthy  the 
high  patronage  it  enjoys,  and  the  intentions  of  the  Assembly  in  eg- 
tablishing  it.  When  it  pleased  the  Assembly  of  this  year  to  enlarge 
the  powers  of  the  Board,  and  authorize  tliem  "to  select  and  edu- 
cate such  young  men  as  are  contemplated  by  the  Constitution  of  that 
Board,"  every  impediment  to  its  extensive  operations,  except  the 
want  oi  funds,  was  removed ;  and  we  now  entertain  tlie  persuasion, 
that  the  Board  will  have  a  few  beneficiaries  always  under  its  immedi- 
ate care,  for  wlxom  j^lxe  ^'hurchea  i,a  Pliijladelplua  and  its  viciiiitr  caa 


raise  tlie  means  of  support }  and  will  be  able,  by  occasional  donations 
of  9um3  not  exceeding-  one  hundred  dollars  to  individuals,  or  to  the 
the  Auxiliary  Societies  who  support  them  in  part,  to  bring  forwani 
many  in  their  studies,  who  are  now  struggling  hard  with  penury, 
while  they  are  aiming  to  become  well  furnished  for  the  work  of  tho 
Ministry.  Indeed,  we  have  known  many  young  men,  of  evident 
piety  and  talents,  whose  parents  have  assisted  them  in  acquiring  a 
classical  education,  but  are  unable,  without  injustice  to  their  other 
children,  to  furnish  them  with  tlui  means  of  pursuing  tJieological 
studies;  who,  nevertheless,  were  they  certain  of  receiving  from  lifty 
to  one  hundred  dollars  from  the  Board,  might  obtain  the  remainder 
of  their  necessary  expences  from  an  Auxiliary  Education  Society  in 
their  own  native  place.  Some  of  us  have  often  known,  moreover, 
students  in  some  of  our  Theological  Seminaries,  who  have  been  very 
destitute  of  necessary  clothing  and  books,  because  all  the  funds  they 
could  command  were  sufficient  for  nothing  more  than  their  board  and 
lodging.  Such  persons  as  those  we  anticipate  the  pleasure  oiauling^ 
not  of  wholly  supporting,  in  numerous  instances  j  and  our  Committefi 
of  CEconomy,  through  their  attention  to  this  subject,  and  their  loca- 
tion in  a  large  city^  possess  the  means  of  making  a  little  money  go 
far  in  procuring  articles  of  attire.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  they  pur- 
chace  tlie  materials  by  the  piece,  and  have  them  made,  frequently, 
ty  the  beneficiaries  of  some  of  the  benevolent  societies  of  this  city; 
so  that  young  men,  needing  assistance,  would  do  better  to  ask  of  us 
clothing  ready  made  to  their  persons,  than  money  for  the  purchase 
of  it.  Books  can  also  be  procured  by  our  Committee  in  Pliiladel- 
phia,  at  a  much  cheaper  rate  than  they  can  be  bought  by  students  in 
most  other  places. 

Desirous  of  rendcriti^  this  Board  as  efficient  as  possible,  the  Phila- 
tlelphia  Education  Society,  before  it  became  extinct — IiesGlved>,  that 
it  be,  and  it  hereby  is  earnestly  recommended  to  their  former  mem 
bers,  to  continue  their  subscriptions  to  the  Board  of  Education  j  an<l 
to  their  auxifiaries,  to  become  auxiliary  to  this  Board,  which  wiil 
now  transact  the  business  which  before  devolved  on  the  Society- 

We  cannot  but  hope,  that  all  the  Auxiliary  Societies  referred  tcs 
will  comply  with  the  foregoing  recommendation  ;  and  that  their 
number  will  be  greatly  increased.  We  subjoin  a  list  of  these  Socie- 
ties and  of  their  contributions,  to  encourage  others  to  do  likewise, 
and  evince  how  much  may  be  accomplished  by  the  systematic  and 
continued  consecration  of  small  sums. 

The  Female  Eilucation  Society  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Chiircl* 
in  this  city,  has  conlributed  S  5'24  12: — Of  the  Second,,  S  530  99:—- 
Of  the  Third,  S47I  61:— Of  the  Sixth,  S  225  00:— Of  the  Secojid 
Church  in  Wilmington,  Del.  S600  : — Of  Lancaster,  J5  80: — Of  Pen.- 
cador,  Del.  S  75  50  : — Of  St.  George's  and  Forrest  congregation*, 
J)el.  S  109  20  : — Of  Springfield,  Asliton  and  Rockland  congregations, 
under  the  care  of  the  Hev.  John  Smith,  S  93  54  : — Of  Neshaminy^ 
S  20  25  :— Of  llarrisburgh,  S  400:— Of  Abington,  S  10:— Of  Frank- 
ford,  »G0  26:— Of  Nornst«fn,  S  48  75  :— Of  Kensington,  S25-— 


That  society  also  received  from  the  congregation  and  pastor  of  Cape 
May,  S  37  40  :  From  the  Female  Philanthropic  Society,  S  50  00  : — 
From  the  Salem  l.'nion  Society  of  South-Carolina,  S  194  30  : — From 
the  Union  Society  of  Young  Men,  S  27  82  : — And  from  life  subscrip- 
tions, S2154.  -  The  number  of  persons  assisted  by  this  society,  has 
been  about  .Sixty. 

The  following  persons  became  members  for  life  of  this  society,  viz. 

Eobert  Ralston,  Esq.  of  Philadelphia,  and  Roswell  L.  Colt,  Esq. 
of  Baltimore,  by  paying  each  5^100;  Alexander  Henry,  and  John 
Stille,  Esqrs.  by  paying  each  §50;  Mr.  Solomon  Allen,  by  paying 
g40 ;  Mr.  Joseph  Montgomery,  by  paying  §30;  Mr.  Abraham  Kearns, 
Bedford.  Penn.  by  paying  24 ;  and  each  of  the  following  persons  by 
paving  S20:  to  wit.  ReA'.  Ashbel  Green,  D.D.  LL.D.  :  Rev. Samuel 
Miller,  1).  D.  Rev.  Archibald  Alexander,  D.  D.  Rev.  Messrs.  Colin 
M'lver,  N.  C.  Francis  Cummins,  Geor.  Thomas  Charlton  Henry, 
S.  C.  John  F.  Grier,  Reading,  Pa.  the  Hon.  Elias  Boudinot,  LL.D. 
Hon.  Walter  Lowrie,  Pa.  Elias  B.  Caldwell,  Esq.  Washington  ; 
Rev.  Jacob  J.  Janeway,  D.  D ;  Matthew  C.  Ralston,  William  L. 
Hodge,  John  Maybin,  Thomas  Latimer,  John  S.  Henry,  Daniel  Jau- 
don,  Benjamin  Ives  Gilman,  Jr.  John  C.  Smith,  John  Strawbridge, 
William  Hart,  Mrs.  Sarah  Henry,  Miss  Ann  Maria  Henry,  Miss 
Sarah  Matilda  Henry,  Samuel  Richards,  Rev.  E.  S.  Ely,'^D.  D. ; 
Gen.  Jo)nl  Steele,  Samuel  Carswell,  Esq.  Paul  Cox,  Joseph  Boyd, 
Jacob  Frick,  Robert  Mercer,  James  C.  Thompson,  Arthur  Harper, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harper,  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Jackson,  Mrs.  Margaret" 
Carswell,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Ely,  Mrs.  Sophia  Isaacs,  William  Nassau, 
John  W.  Scott,  John  Lisle,  James  Kerr,  John  McMullin,  Robert  S. 
Clark,  Conrad  Hanse,  William  Brown,  George  Latimer,  Mrs.  Re- 
becca Ord,  Miss  Henrietta  Ord,  Mrs.  Ann  Hill,  Mrs.  Margaret  Hall, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Hollinshead,  Thomas  Montgomery,  Charles  McAllester, 
Silas  E.  Wier,  Rev.  William  M.  Englcs,  William  Kirkpatrick,  Esq- 
Lancaster;  Divie  Bethune,  N.  Y.;  John  Poole,  N.  J.  ;  John  McKis- 
sick,  Ilarrisburg;  Samuel  Bayard,  Esq,  N.  J.  ;  Michael  Allen,  Esq. 
Pittsburg,  George  W.  Coe,  Esq.  Georgia,  and  Mrs.  Susannah  Mc 
Ilhcnncy,  Georgia. 

The  following  Clergymen  were  constituted  members  for  life,  by 
donations  of  g9.0  for  each,  from  some  female  members  of  their  congre- 
gations, viz.  Rev.  Mess.  George  C.  Potts,  George  Chandler,  Elipha- 
let  W.  Gilbert,  Del.  ;  Thomas  J.  Biggs,  Samuel  B.  Howe,  N.  J.  ; 
Samuel  Bell,  Del.  ;  David  Dennie,  Stephen  Boyer,  William  R.  De 
"VVitt,  Amos  A.  McGinley,  George  W.Janvier,  N'.J.  ;  JohnE.  Latta, 
Del.  ;  R.  W.  James,  S.  C.  William  Kerr,  Jonathan  Freeman,  N.  J. 
Elkanah  K.Dare,  James  Patterson,  James  Arbuckle,  A.  K.  RusselL 
Robert  ■\Vhite,  and  Drs.  Janeway  and  Ely. 

It  is  anticipated  that  the  Board  of  Education  will  be  favoured  by 
life  contributors  of  thirty  dollars  each,  whose  names  will  appear 
in  future  reports  to  the  General  Assembly;  and  every  donation  how- 
ever small,  will  be  thankfully  received,  either  by  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  or  the  Treasurer. 


Could  our  congregations  be  induced  regularly  to  contribute  to 
educational  purposes,  on  an  average,  ten  dollura  yearly,  we  should 
have  ample  resources  for  aiding  all  to  whom  such  assistance  would 
be  desirable.  And  are  there  not  twenty  persons  in  most  of  our  con- 
gregations, that  are  willing  and  able  to  devote  Jlfly  cents  yearly  to 
this  important  object?  Will  not  the  pastors  and  sessions  of  our  con- 
gregations endeavour  to  form  associations,  which  shall  be  composed 
of  members  who  pay  either  a  life  subscription  of  ten  dollars,  or  an 
annual  sum  of  fifty  cents  ?  The  sums  thus  obtained,  ran  be  paid  ei- 
ther to  the  Presbyteries,  under  whose  care  the  congregations  are  ;  or  to 
the  Education  Board ; — and  we  hope  next  May  to  be  able,  in  our 
general  Report,  to  give  a  long  list  of  such  Societies,  together  with 
their  officers,  life  subscribers,  donors,  and  funds  collected. 

It  will  be  obsened,  that  the  Presbyteries  are  all  made  auxiliary  to 
the  Board  of  Education ;  and  if  congregational  auxiliaries  report,  and 
make  payment  to  their  own  Presbyteries,  the  grand  result  will  be 
concentrated  in  our  annual  reports  to  the  General  Assembly.  This 
would  be  the  most  universally  acceptable  and  systematic  mode,  of 
bringing  our  whole  Church  into  co-operation  in  this  great  project  of 
supplying  our  land,  and  the  world,  with  well  educated  Cliristian 
Ministers. 

While  thus  causing  their  liberality  to  floW  through  their  Presbyte- 
ries, each  congregational  society,  M-hich  deems  it  expedient  so  to  do, 
may  transfer  their  yearly  funds  to  the  Board,  by  granting  them  to 
their  Presbyteries  for  this  specific  object  At  the  same  time,  public 
contributions  ought  to  be  made  annually,  agreeably  to  the  recom- 
mendations of  the  General  Assembly,  in  all  tlie  churches  ;  and  the  mo- 
ney thus  obtained,  should  constitute  a  presbyterial  fund  for  the  edu- 
tation  of  poor  and  pious  youth,  to  be  at  the  disposal  of  the  Presbytery. 
In  these  contributions,  rnany  will  doubtless  give  a  small  sum,  who 
may  not  be  able  to  afford  half  a  dollar  ;  and  some  who  are  members 
of  the  con;Tiegational  society,  will  add  to  their  former  liberality. 

To  facilitate  the  formation  of  such  Congregational  societies,  we 
"would  recommend  the  subscription  of  the  following 

FOJiM  OF  A  CONSTITUTION 

OF    A 

CONGREGATIONAL  EDUCATION  SOCIETY  : 

VIZ. 

«  We  the  subscribers,  members  of  the Presbj-terian  con« 

gregation  of ,  do  hereby  associate  as  an  Education  Society  j 

and  promise,  severally,  until  we  decease,  or  otherwise  withdraw  our 
names,  to  pay,  on  the  25th  of  December  in  each  year,  when  our  an- 
nual  meeting  shall  be  held,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents,  to  , 

■whom  we  do  hereby  appoint  our  I  reasurer  during  our  pleasure  ; — 
that  the  total  amount  of  our  funds  thus  collected,  may  by  him  be 
paid  annually  to  the  Presbytary  of ,  [or,  to  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation under  the  care  of  the  General  Assembly.]  And  we  do  moreover 
appoint to  be  our  President,    a»d to  be  our 


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Secretary,  to  continue  in  office  until  removed  by  our  vote  ;  each  of 
whom,  in  the  absence  of  tl\e  other,  shall  have  power  to  convene  the 
members  of  this  society,  by  some  public  notice,  for  the  transaction 
of  any  business  which  may,  by  the  society  assembled,  be  deemed 
proper  to  be  done. 

Any  person  paj^-ing  to  our  Treasurer  ^10  at  one  time,  shall  be  a 
jnember  for  life;  and  have  power,  as  annual  subscribers,  to  delibei-- 
ate  and  vote  ia  all  matters  that  may  come  before  the  association." 

It  is  proper  that  the  preceding  blanks  should  not  be  filled  until  the 
Form  has  been  subscribed  by  those  who  are  willing  to  become  mem^ 
bers  ;  and  then  the  subscribers  should  appoint  their  officers,  by  no- 
mination, and  votes  taken  either  by  ballot  or  the  living  voice,  as  maj 
be  most  agreeable. 

As  the  Presbyteries  and  the  Board  of  Education  have  a  right  t9 
judge  of  the  qualifications  of  beneficiaries,  it  is  not  desirable  that 
the  Congregational  Societies  should  do  it :  they  may,  however,,  direct 
from  time  to  time,  the  whole  or  any  part  of  tneir  funds  to  be  paid  to 
Presbytery,  or  to  the  Board,  for  tlie  support  of  a  particular  student, 
whom  they  shall  name,  if  he  shall  be  judged  a  suitable  object  by  the 
competent  authority. 

The  foregoing  plan  appears  taus  to  be  simple;  and  may  be  readily 
acted  on  by  all  whose  hearts  and  consciences  constrain  them  to  come, 
in  this  manner,  to- the  help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty.  We  are 
convinced,  that  the  enactment  of  too  many  constitutional  rules  and 
by-laws  for  voluntary  associations,  only  trammel  them,  and  impede 
their  progress.  If  any  association  shall  choose  to  dispense  with  all 
officers,  &  sub&titute  in  their  place  the  Session  of  the  Church  to  which 
they  belong,  their  plan  would  be  equally  agreeable  to  the  Boards  and 
perhaps  as  efficient  as  the  one  which  we  have  proposed.  If  the 
good  contemplated  is  but  doi>e,  let  it  be  by  any  and  all  lawful  meana, 
and  the  hearts  of  the  good  will  rejoice. 

The  Presbyterian  Education  Society,  located  in  New-York^  is  the 
most  powerful  auxiliary  to  this  Board,  and  has  united  to  itself  ma.ny 
societies  previously  existing.  They  estimate  that  they  have  collected 
in  their  various  ramifications  of  their  nineteen  Executive  Committees, 
and  seven  auxiliary  societies,  not  less  than  S12,00Q  in  the  two  last 
years. 

Of  this  Society  the  following  persons  have  become  members  for 
life,  viz.  Thomas  Wallace,  Esq.  by  paying  S  100  ',  Hon»  Ellas  Bqu- 
dinot,  Col.  Richard  Varick,  and  Michael  Alkn,  Esq,  by  paying  each 
§50  :  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Skinner,  Messrs.  Thomas  Fitch,  Joseph  H. 
Dulles,  Joseph  Montgomery,  John  Hanson,  Nicodemus  Lloyd,  Tho- 
mas B.  Darrach,  Jonathan  Little,^  Hon.  Brockholst  Livingston,  and 
Mrs.  Mary  AnnBunce,  by  paying  each  830;  Miss  Julia  Lynch,  by 
paying  §25  j  and  each  of  the  following  persons  by  paying  S30,' — to 
wit,  Mr.  Eprahiai  Holbrook,  Miss  Alma  Hicks,  Elisha  Parish,  Esq» 
Rev  Warren  Day,  Rev.  Ira  Ingraham,  Hon.  Elisha  Boudiuot,  Theo- 
dore Frelinghuysen,  Esq»  Rev.  President  Griffin,  Rev.  Cyrus  Guil- 


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dersleeve,  Rev.  Burr  Baldwin;  Messrs.  John  Adams,  Joseph  Cougar, 
James  Brener,  William  Tiittle,  Moses  Smith,  Rensselaer  Havens, 
Robert  Idiver,  Alexander  Fridge,  Jolin  Mills,  Najah  Taylor,  Jesse 
Scodeld,  Bejijamin  Strong,  Zecliariaii  Lewis,  Peter  Hawes,  Anson 
G.  Piielps,  Joel  Post,  .Samuel  Baldwin,  John  Morrison,  Arthur  Tap- 
pan,  Rev.  Thomas  Jackson,  Mrs.  Biur  Baldwin,  Mrs.  Abigail  Con- 
ciit,  Miss  K.  Ivers,  Miss  Boquet  Ivers,  Mrs.  Jane  B.  Patten,  Miss 
Mary  Patten,  Miss  Frances  Davenport  and  Rev.  Jacob  Tuttle. 

The  Rev.  Ur.  James  liicliars  was  constituted  a  member  for  life,  by 
the  ladies  of  the  First,  and  tiie  Rev.  Dr.  Griffin  b}'^  the  ladies  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Charch  in  Newark — the  Rev.  William  McDow- 
ell by  two  ladies  of  Morristown,-  the  Rev.  Aaron  Condit  by  the  As- 
■sociation  of  llatiover ;  the  Rev.  Alexander  G.  Eraser  by  the  Associa- 
tions of  Westfield  ;  the  Rev.  Stephen  Thompson,  by  the  female  char- 
itable society  of  Connecticut  Fanus;  the  Rev.  Philip  M.  Whelpley, 
by  four  ladies  of  Wall -street  Church,  N.  York  ;  and  the  Rev.  Tho- 
mas McAuley,  D.  D.  L.  L.  D.  the  Rev.  William  Patten,  the  Rev. 
•Elisiia  W.  Baldwin,  and  the  Rev.  Wdliaiu  W.  Fliilips,  all  of  tlie  city 
<>f  New- York,  by  the  ladies  of  their  respective  congregations. 

The  whole  sum  received  from  life  subscriptions  by  the  Presbyteriau 
Education  Society  is  Sl,5r>5.  They  liave  purchased  as  a  seat  of  aca- 
demical instruction,  Bloomfield  Academy,  in  New-Jerseyj  and  one  of 
their  auxiliaries,  the  Western  Fiducation  Society,  has  erected  a  build- 
ing for  the  accommodation  of  their  beneficiaries  at  Hamilton  College, 
capable  of  containing  fifty  students,  at  an  expense  of  more  thaa 
§5,000. 

'*  The  whole  number  of  beneficiaries  reported  to  this  Board  by  Pres- 
bj'teries  and  other  auxiliaries  as  having  been  aided  since  May  1823, 
is  about  230  j  and  the  whole  amount  of  funds  reported  to  have  been 
received  since  that  time,  or  to  be  iiow  in  hand  for  that  purpose,  ex- 
'ceeds  g20,000." 

»*  The  Theological  Seminaries  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  in  the  United  States,  "are  1st.  one  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 
under  the  care  of  the  General  Assembly  j  2d.  one  at  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
umler  the  caie  of  the  Synod  of  Geneva  ;  3d.  one  at  Hampden  Sydney 
College,  in  Virginia,  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Hanover  j 
and  4th  one  at  Maryville,  Tennessee,  under  the  care  of  tlie  Synod, 
of  Tennessee.  BeJiides  these,  funds  are  collecting  for  one  in  Ohio, 
and  one  in  South  Carolina.'-* 

U  to  the  students  in  all  these  Presbyterian  Seminaries  we  add  those 
in  the  Congregational  Seminaries  at  Andover,  in  Massachusetts,  and 
in  New-Haven  in  Connecticut,  and  those  in  the  Seminary  of  the  Re- 
formed Dutch  Church  at  New-Brunswick,  N.  J.  the  whole  number, 
!Could  we  command  them  all,  would  not  supply  more  than  one  thii-d 
of  tlie  con<;regations  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  which  are  now  va- 
cant :  and  it  must  be  recollected  that  the  students  now  in  these  insti- 
tutions cannot  be  expected  to  receive  licensure  in  less  than  three 
years.     It  is  also  to  be  remembered  that  the  Congregational  chuivbcs, 

♦Report  of  the  Board  for  1824. 


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tnust  be  expected  to  require  ihe  services  of  most  of  their  sons;  and  that 
in  our  bounds  at  least  a  thousand  new  congregations  might  now  be 
gathered,  were  we  blessed  with  so  many  active,  zealous,  well  inform- 
ed youn"  ministers,  wiio  would  be  willing  to  act  as  missionaries,  and 
receive  a  bare  subsistence  during  the  infancy  of  their  respective 
charges.  With  this  idea  we  ought  to  connect  that  of  the  rapidly  in- 
creasing population  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  if  we  would  form  any 
just  estimai  e  of  our  future  need  of  ministers  of  the  gospel,  for  as  an 
illustration  of  our  natural  increase  and  as  data  for  future  calculation, 
we  state  that  more  than  fen  thousand  infants  were  last  year  baptized 
in  our  churches  ;  and  these  probably  were  not  half  that  were  born  in 
our  congregations  j  tlmt  upwards  of  20,000  communicants  were  in  the 
two  years  preceding  May  last  added  to  our  communion  j  and  that  we 
now  consist  of  thirteen  Synods  and  77  Presbyteries.  The  whole 
number  of  Communi'iants  in  the  Presbyterian  I  hurch  cannot  be  less 
than  150,000.  How  rapid  then  may  we  expect  the  increase  of  our 
congregaticns  to  be  in  the  Middle,  Southern  and  Western  States  } 
without  making  any  calculations  on  the  influx  of  people  from  Europe, 
or  of  brethren  from  New-England,  who  generally  become  Presbyte- 
rians! Is  it  at  all  probable  that  our  descendants  and  natural  allies 
in  ecclesiastical  relations,  will  half  of  them,  twenty  years  hence,  be 
supplied  with  learned  and  pious  pastors,  if  the  grace  of  God  does  not 
excite  the  Church  to  vigorous,  prayerful,  and  successful  exertions  oa 
this  subject? 

"Much  has  lately  been  done,  and  is  still  doing,  for  putting  the  Bi- 
ble into  the  hands  of  all  who  are  able  to  read  it ;  and  for  teaching 
those  to  read  it,  to  whom  it  has  heretofore,  on  account  of  their  igno- 
rance, been  a  sealed  book.  This  is  as  it  should  be.  Too  much  has 
not  been  done  :  nay,  much  remains  to  be  done  ;  and  we  should  depre- 
cate the  idea  of  saying  or  doing  any  thing  to  lessen  the  exertions,  or 
the  zeal,  manifested  in  dispersing  far  and  wide  the  volume  of  inspira- 
tion. But  rt^e  do  verily  believe  that,  as  the  human  mind  is  apt  to  be 
ingrossed  by  a  favourite  object,  to  the  exclusion  or  neglect  of  other 
objects  as  important  as  tliat  which  it  regards,  so  it  has  happened  here. 
A  zeal  to  disperse  the  written  word  has,  with  many,  prevented  a  due 
concern  and  proper  exertions  to  provide  for  the  preached  word.  This 
is  not  as  it  ought  to  be.  »  These  things  ought  je  to  have  done,  and 
not  to  leave  the  other  undone.'  J^et  us  never  forget  that  the  preach- 
ing of  the  word  is  the  ordinary  means  instituted  by  God  for  giving  effi- 
cacy to  the  ti'uths  of  revelation.  Th.ose  itiTiths  a^-e  reposited  in  the 
Bib!e.  But  in  order  to  their  practical  and  kiving  Application,  (always 
under  the  influence  of  that  Holy  Spirit,  whose  operations  alone  can 
render  them  etfcctual  to  salvation,)  they  must  be  drawn  out  of  the  Bi- 
ble bv  the  preacher  of  the  gospel,  and  explained,  inculcated  and  en- 
for  •e'^l  by  oral  addresses. 

"That  this  is  the  ordinary  way  in  which  revealed  truth  becomes 
the  power  of  God  unto  salvation,  is  manifest  from  all  experience,  as 
weil  as  from  the  scriptures  themselves.  Instances  there  no  doubt 
ure  of  individuals  who  have  been  converted  unto  God  by  merely  read- 


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in"  the  Bible  ;  and  it  will  ever  be  the  delightful  fountain  from  which 
die  people  of  God  will  constantly  and  immediately  draw  the  water 
of  life,  and  the  unerring  test  by  wliich  they  will  try  every  doctrine. 
But  if  an  instance  should  occur,  once  in  a  century,  of  a  religious  awak- 
ening begun  by  reading  the  scriptures  and  other  good  books,  we  doubt 
if  a  sijigle  instance  can  be  pointed  out  in  which  the  good  work  has 
proceeded  far,  witliout  the  preaching  of  th«  word.  Indeed  with  very 
few  exceptions  it  is  tlie  preaclied  word  that  both  begins  and  carries  oa 
this  work,  among  the  ma&s  of  the  community. 

*'  To  the  inquiry  why  the  fact  siiould  be  so,  it  would  be  a  sufficient 
answer  to  say,  that  that  such  is  God-s  appointment.  'Faith  cometh 
by  hearing.'  But  we  can,  in  this  instance,  see  an  analogy  between 
the  effectual  communication  of  revealed  truth,  and  that  of  truth  of 
every  other  kind.  AV  ithout  oral  instruction  there  would  be  little 
knowledge  in  the  world,  though  the  world  were  filled  with  books.  In 
every  gradation  of  instruction,  from  the  child  that  learns  his  alphabet 
to  the  erudite  adept  in  science,  the  advances  are  made  chiefly  by  oral  in- 
struction. Whoever  thought  of  opening  a  school,  or  a  college,  by  placing 
a  library  in  it,  from  which  each  scholar  might  be  furnished  witii  suit- 
able books,  but  without  any  teachers  to  explain  them  by  verbal  instruc- 
tion, to  aid  the  pupils  in  their  researches,  or  to  direct  those  researches 
ariglit }  It  is  the  same  in  religion  ;  or  rather  the  case  is  stronger  here, 
because  depraved  man  is  more  averse  from  religious  truth  than  from 
truth  of  any  other  kind.  We  cheerfully  admit,  nay,  we  would  earnestly 
contend,  that  every  human  being  arrived  at  the  age  of  discretion  should 
have  a  Bible,  and  be  taught  to  read  it.  But  we  also  contend,  that 
mankind  must  have  living  teachers  too,  or  that  the  Bible,  in  ninety- 
nine  instances  out  of  a  hundred,  will  be  little  read,  little  understood, 
and  do  but  little  good. 

"  tfroin  the  time  of  the  Evangelist  Philip,  down  to  the  present  hour, 
the  answer  even  of  a  diligent  reader  to  the  enquiry,  '  Understandest 
thou  what  thou  readest  .^'  must  be  that  of  the  Ethiopian  Eunuch, 
*How  can  I,    except  some  man  should  guide  me.'* 

*'If  any  of  the  children  of  the  church  need  assistance  in  obtain- 
ing an  education  for  the  sacred  office,  from  what  source  can  they  so 
properly  receive  it,  as  from  the  church  their  moral  parent  ?  Every 
CO  ^sideration  of  nature,  reason,  and  scripture,  point  to  this  parent 
as  the  most  suitable  provider.  Assistance  from  individuals  may  be 
given  reluctantly,or  may  be  suddenly  and  capriciously  withdrawn  :— 
but  the  church,  as  long  as  she  has  the  feelings  of  a  mother,  can  nev- 
er be,  either  reluctant,  or  weary  in  pro\  iding  for  her  beloved  children. 
The  aid  received  from  individuals,  may  exite  in  delicate  minds,  a 
painful  sense  of  dependence  : — but  it  would  surely  be  improper  for 
a  child  to  feel  pain  in  receiving  from  the  hand  of  parental  affection. 
Nay,  may  we  not  confidently  assert,  that  when  a  pious  youth  is  will- 
ing to  devote  his  talents  for  life  to  the  service  of  the  Church,  it  is 
bu^  in  act  of  mere  justice  in  the  Church,  to  furnish  him  with  the 
means  of  comfortable  support  wlule  h«  is  preparing  to  serve  her  ? 

•Former  Address  of  this  Board. 


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*'  Nor  ii  it  any  solid  objection  to  the  system  of  educating  young  men 
for  the  ministry,  on  charitable  funds,  that  some  oftliem,  alter  obtain- 
ing an  education,  never  enter  the  ministry  j  and  that  some  others  are 
by  no  means  distinguished  ornaments  of  the  sacred  office.  It  were 
just  as  reasonable  for  parents,  according  to  the  flesh,  to  say,  that  ma- 
ny youth  whose  parents  do  much  for  them  turn  out  ill  ;  and  that, 
therefore,  thei/  will  take  no  pains,  and  incur  no  expense,  in  educating 
their  beloved  oiTspring.  No  wise  parent  thinks  or  speaks  thus.  He 
is  willing  to  do  all  in  his  power  for  promoting  the  welfare  of  his  chil- 
dren ;  and  to  labour  and  incur  expense,  whenever  there  is  a  rational 
prospect  of  a  favourable  result ;  and  having  done  so,  to  leave  the  event 
with  infinite  wisdom.  And  the  Church  ought  to  be  willing  to  take 
the  same  course,  and  run  the  same  risk  with  respect  to  her  children. 

"Pious  parents  !  will  you  not  take  a  deep  interest  in  this  immense- 
ly important  concern  }  Will  you  not  be  willing  to  contribute  }our 
mite  toward  the  education  of  your  own  sons,  or  the  sons  of  others, 
whose  hearts  the  Lord  has  touched,  that  they  maybe  prepared  to  serve 
the  Church  in  the  ministry  of  reconciliation  ?  There  is  a  day  coming, 
•when  to  have  contributed  efficiently  to  the  preparation  of  one  able  and 
faithful  gospel  minister  for  the  sanctuary,  will  appear  more  important, 
and  will  afford  greater  pleasure  in  rejection,  than  the  greatest  mere 
temporal  benefaction  that  can  possibly  be  bestowed  on  mankind. 
Temporal  benefits  perish  in  the  using  : — but  the  labours  of  one  faithful 
minister  of  the  gospel,  may  be  the  means  of  extending  blessings  to  na- 
tions the  most  remote,  and  posterity  the  most  distant,  as  well  as 
through  eternal  ages. 

"Pious  young  men  !  we  call  upon  you  to  ponder  this  subject 
deeply  in  your  hearts.  To  you,  under  God,  we  look  for  ministers  of 
that  Church,  v/hich  the  Redeemer  hath  purchased  with  his  own  blood. 
We  entreat  you  to  come  forward,  and  to  consecrate  yourselves  to  the 
service  of  that  Church.  Can  you  make  choice  of  any  other  profession 
so  desirable,  so  noble,  so  God-like,  as  the  ministry  of  reconciliation  ? 
If  not,  then  pray  for  the  prosperity  of  this  Board  j  endeavour  to  ex- 
cite the  zeal  and  liberality  of  others  for  its  support  5  and  crown  all  by 
devoting  yourself  to  the  holy  cause  which  it  is  formed  to  promote. 

"Christian  brethren  of  every  character  and  age  !  the  er- 
rand on  which  we  come  to  you  in  this  address,  is  no  common  one !  We 
have  all  too  long  neglected  our  duty  to  the  Church  of  God.  Let  us, 
then,  humbled  by  the  past,  and  animated  by  the  prospects  of  the  fu- 
ture, rouse  from  our  lethargy,  and  begin  to  act  in  earnest.  Our  Mas- 
ter requires  it  of  us.  The  calls  of  destitute  Churches,  who  can  find 
none  to  break  to  them  the  bread  of  life,  require  it  of  us.  The  cries  of 
frontier  settlements,  who  look  and  entreat  in  vain  for  missionaries, 
require  it  of  us.  The  miseries  of  the  poor  heathen,  who  are  perish- 
ing by  millions  for  lack  of  knowledge,  require  it  of  us.  Yes,  brethren, 
if  you  love  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity ;  if  you  love  the  Church 
to -which  you  belong ;  if  you  wish  to  prevent  a  famine  of  the  Word  of 
Life  from  desolating  our  land,' — Come  forward,  to  the  help  of  the  Lord 
against  the  mighty. *^^ 

•Address  of  the  Education  Society. 


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We  address  our  fellow-citizens  as  christians,  and  ask,  concerning  the 
future  millions  of  our  country,  who  would  most  naturally,  under  the 
influence  of  parental  instructions,  become  Presbyterians  in  principle, 
"  How  then  shall  they  call  on  him  in  whom  tliev  have  not  believed  ? 
and  how  shall  they  believe  in  him  of  whom  they  nave  not  heard  ?  and 
how  shall  they  hear  witliout  a  preacher  ?  and  how  sliall  they  preach 
except  they  be  sent  r" 

We  address  our  fellow  citizens  as  friends  of  literature,  good  gov- 
ernment, domestic  industy,  sound  morality,  and  national  happiness, 
and  ask,  when  did  these  blessings  abound,  and  continue,  in  any  land 
in  which  the  Bible  was  not  generally  read  by  the  common  people,  and 
in  whiclvthe  people  vv^ere  not  well  supplied  with  evangelical,  protest- 
ant  ministers  ?  If  we  would  not  have  our  nation  subjected  to  super- 
stition, papal  bondage,  anarchy,  tyranny,  oppression,  vice,  and  e- 
ven  pagan  idolatries,  we  must  promote  the  general  diffusion  of  know- 
ledge by  public  schools,  colleges,  and  seminaries  of  learning  ^  we 
must  teach  the  people  self  government  j  we  must  cherish  civil  and 
religious  liberty  ;  we  must  influence  the  community  by  the  hopes  of 
endless  happiness,  and  the  fears  of  endless  punishment  :  and  in  doing 
all  these  things,  the  protestant  pulpit  has  ever  been  the  most  power- 
ful means  ;  and  for  this  good  reason,  that  Infinite  Goodness  has  ap- 
pointed the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  to  be  the  wisdom  of  God,  and 
the  power  of  God  unto  the  salvation  of  sinful  men. 

If  you  would  not  have  your  posterity,  and  countrymen  of  future 
ages,  generally  destitute  of  the  inestimable  blessings  of  a  free  and 
wise  representative  government  which  you  enjoy;  if  you  would  not  have 
half  the  yet  unborn  millions  of  our  western  world,  the  home  of  ration- 
al liberty,  grow  up  in  ignorance  of  that  just  God  and  Saviour,  whom 
you  love  and  adore  ;  if  you  would  not  that  your  childrens'  children 
should  be  the  slaves  of  some  ghostly  pontiff,  or  of  some  regal  tyrant, 
whom  he  may  set  up  ;  if  you  Would  not  that  your  posterity  should 
become  infidels  and  pagans,  and  perish  without  spiritual  vision,  pray, 
pray  earnestly,  that  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  would  send  forth  asufli- 
ciency  of  labourers  into  his  vineyard  rand  follow  your  prayers  by  con- 
duct becoming  those  who  believe  that  Heaven  ordinarily  accomplishes 
his  gracious  purposes  towards  man  through  the  instumeutality  of  hu- 
jnan  agency. 

In  behalf  and  by  authority  of  the  Board  of  Education, 

EZRA  STILES  ELY, 
J.  J.  JANfiWAY, 

PinLADELPHiA,  July  6,  1824. 


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Officers  and  other  Members  of  the  Board, 
for  the  year  1824. 

OP    PHILADEliPillA    AND    ITS    TICl^ITY. 


Rev.  Ashbel  Green,  D.  t).  LL.  D.  President. 

Robert  Ralston,   Esq.  1 

Rev.  George  C.  Potts,  y  Vice  Presidents^ 

Rev.  William  Neill,  D.D.  J 

Rev.  Ezra  Stiles  Ely,  D.  D.   Correspondins  Secretary'^ 

Rev.  William  M.  Engles,  Recording  Secretary. 

John  Stille,  Esq.    Treasurer. 

Rev.  Jacob  J.  Janeway,   D.  D. 

Rev.  Archibald  Alexander,  D.  D« 

Rev.  Samuel  Miller,  D.  D. 

Rev.  John  E.  Latta,  of  Newcastle,  Del. 

Alexander  Henry,  Esq.  "1 

James  Stuart,  Esq.  !  r^,,         j,  n,.,   ,  ,  ,. 

Mr.  John  M'Mullin,  \^^^'''  'f  ^^^^^^^¥^^0' 

Mr.  Samuel  Morrow,      J 

OF    THE    SEVERAL    SYNODS.. 

Mv.' Hora^  Hilt^^'  \  ""f  ^^'  ^y""^^  ^/  ^^'^^^'«- 
Rev.  Samuel  Blatchtbrd,  D.  D.  ?    /.  ^t.    «       j    ^   nn. 
John  Woodworth,  Esq.  \  ^/  *^'  ^3/«orf  of  Albany. 

Rev.  John  B.  Romeyn,  D.  D.  ?    /.  ,,     «,       j   ^  »t       t-    j 
Mr.  Zechariah  Lewis,  \  "^f  ^^'  '^^"'^  'f  ^^«^  ^''^^ 

Rev.  Samuel  Martin,  ?    v  ^i.     c        i    />  -m  •?  j  r  i  - 

W^illiam  Kirkpatrick,  Esq.  J  °/  ^^^  -^^/^orf  o/  Philadelphia, 

Rev.  John  H.  Rice,  D.  D.  >    /,  ^j     o       »    i'  t^-     •   • 

W^illiam  Maxwell,  Esq.     J  ^^  ^''  ^'''    ''^  J'lrgima. 

Rev.  Francis  Herron,  D.  D.  7    «  ,,     c       j    ^  n-^^  i       i 

Mr.  A.  Brown,  5  "f  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^/  P^t^^^urgh 

Rev.  Robert  G.  Wilson,  D.  D.  >    /.^,     „       j    /./n,. 

Mr.  E.  Putman,  [  ''f  ^^'  '^^^'^  ^/  ^^"^• 

Rev.  Charles  Coffin,  D.  D.  >    ^  .,     ^       j    r  t^ 

Mr.  John  Montgomery,         J  '''^        ^"^      ""^  Tennessee. 

Rev.  James  Blythe,  D.  D.  >    /.  .t     c       j    y  ir    ^     7 

Mr.  Andrew  M'Calla,         \  "f  ^^^  ^^^''^  "f  Kentucky. 

Rev.  Joseph  Caldwell,  D.  D.  >    ^  .,     «       j    c  kt    n  rt      7-  . 

Mr.  Henry  Potter,  \  ^/  ^^'  -^^^^^  ''Z  ^"^'^^  Caro^wd. 

Rev.  Moses  Waddell,  D.  D.  \  of  the  Syyxod  of  South    Carolina 

Mr.  William  Leslie,  ^  and  Georgia. 


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